Someone threatened to kidnap a 14-year-old girl unless she sent back nude photos through a smartphone app, according to police reports. The girl and her father reported Tuesday that the 14-year-old received the threat through the social media website Kik. Police reports say investigators requested an “Emergency Disclosure Request” form from the Canada-based company because [ Read More ]
Archive for July, 2014
Now parents can block Snapchat
Comments Off on Now parents can block SnapchatFor as long as teenagers have been sexting, creating rebellious subreddits, and simply spending all their time glued to devices, parents have been trying to put a stop to the digital madness. A new app for Android allows parents to set and control restrictions on their children’s phones and tablets from their own devices. Once [ Read More ]
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Think Time: Teens and Social Networks
Comments Off on Think Time: Teens and Social NetworksKids use social media more than you think. <a href=http://ht.ly/yCgtB” target=”_blank”>Read more</a>…
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Teen Identity Theft
Comments Off on Teen Identity TheftTeens can be easy targets for fraudsters. Scammers seek out teens because teens have clean records and no established credit reports. Teens are also avid social network and Internet users, where personal data are more readily available. The result is that teens make up 6 percent of identity theft cases reported every year, according to [ Read More ]
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FBI encourages parents to download Child ID app
Comments Off on FBI encourages parents to download Child ID appThe FBI is encouraging parents to download an app on their smartphone that is designed to help report a missing child. “The first few hours when a child goes missing are critical, and the information which we need to obtain many times has to come from the parent,” explained FBI Special Agent Timothy Gallagher, who [ Read More ]
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